Re: Italian Horror

At the risk of losing my genre card, I find pretty much all Italian horror grossly overrated.

Argento is probably the biggest thief of praise. I find his flicks, just a mess. Susperia is probably his most overrated flick. It gets all this praise, and I really don't see why. It's horribly acted, poorly shot, zero tension, and that red paint blood... guh! People try and defend it, but I just don't buy in... at all.

Of the big guys, I find I like Fulci the most, and even then, VERY hit and miss.

I refuse to like something/someone just because I'm "supposed to". It's like music. I've played guitar for 25+ years, and don't like... nay, HATE Jimmy Page and find Hendrix VERY overrated.

Most of my "idols" admire guys I don't like (music and film). Just because those who inspire you, are inspired by others, does not mean you have to love them too.

Re: Italian Horror

My favorite Italian horror director is Fulci so I like a lot of his films. The Beyond being my favorite followed by: Zombie 2, Cat in the Brain, New York Ripper, House by the Cemetery, City of the Living Dead and Don't Torture a Duckling. Besides Fulci's films..............

Re: Italian Horror

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Re: Italian Horror

By the way, has anyone perhaps seen Luigi Cozzis movie - "Il Gatto Nero"(1991)? It has a varieties of titels "Demons 6", "El gato negro" The Black Cat" and "Demons 6: De Profundis". -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096932/

I have heard that it has some sort of connection to Dario Argentos "Mother-trilogy", is this true?

Re: Italian Horror

By the way, has anyone perhaps seen Luigi Cozzis movie - "Il Gatto Nero"(1991)? It has a varieties of titels "Demons 6", "El gato negro" The Black Cat" and "Demons 6: De Profundis". -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096932/

I have heard that it has some sort of connection to Dario Argentos "Mother-trilogy", is this true?

Haven't seen it yet, but I have not seen/read anything connecting it to The Three Mothers, officially. I'll have to see it first to determine if he's trying to do the Italian thing of hopping on other directors' works.(not that other countries' directors don't do the same thing)

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I refuse to like something/someone just because I'm "supposed to". It's like music. I've played guitar for 25+ years, and don't like... nay, HATE Jimmy Page and find Hendrix VERY overrated.

I've been playing for 20+years & I get what you are saying about the likes of Hendrix etc, i know there are technically better players but the reason everyone raves about him/them is that when those guys came out they were all individual & nobody was playing stuff like that, you would be hard pushed to find individuality like that these days.

Re: Italian Horror

By the way, has anyone perhaps seen Luigi Cozzis movie - "Il Gatto Nero"(1991)? It has a varieties of titels "Demons 6", "El gato negro" The Black Cat" and "Demons 6: De Profundis". -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096932/

I have heard that it has some sort of connection to Dario Argentos "Mother-trilogy", is this true?

It's an unofficial sequel to Suspiria (the third I think) and it's streaming on Netflix.